Race car safety system

Abstract

A race car safety system comprising a car with at least one roller or shoe positioned on the exterior of the car so that the roller or shoe will come into contact with a racetrack outer wall if the car contacts the outer wall. In another embodiment, in addition to the roller or shoe on the race car, the racetrack outer wall will have a hard strip at the position where contact with the roller or shoe is likely to occur.

1 . A race car safety system comprising a car with at least one roller positioned on an exterior of the car so that the roller will come into contact with a racetrack outer wall if the car contacts the outer wall.  
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one roller is on at least one corner of the car.  
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one roller is on the right front corner of the car.  
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one roller is made of a hard material.  
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hard material of the at least one roller is manganese steel.  
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the car includes a frame and the at least one roller is integrated into the frame.  
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the car includes a crush post and the at least one roller is attached to the crush post.  
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a strip made of a hard substance attached to the race track outer wall, at a height that the strip will contact the at least one roller if the car contacts the outer wall.  
   
   
       9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hard substance of the strip is high carbon cast iron or steel.  
   
   
       10 . A race car safety system comprising a car with a least one shoe on the car's exterior at such a location on the car so that the shoe will come into contact with a racetrack outer wall if the car contacts the outer wall.  
   
   
       11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the at least one shoe is on at least one corner of the car.  
   
   
       12 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the at least one shoe is on the right front corner of the car.  
   
   
       13 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the at least one shoe is made of a hard matter.  
   
   
       14 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the hard matter of the at least one shoe is manganese steel.  
   
   
       15 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the car includes a frame and the at least one shoe is integrated into the frame.  
   
   
       16 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the car includes a crush post and the at least one shoe is attached to the crush post.  
   
   
       17 . The system of  claim 10 , further comprising at least one roller attached to the top of the shoe such that the roller contacts the racetrack outerwall.  
   
   
       18 . A race car safety system comprising a hard material on an exterior of a car, a hard substance on a racetrack outer wall so that the hard material and the hard substance will come into contact if the car collides into the outer wall.  
   
   
       19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the hard material is a shoe.  
   
   
       20 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the hard material is a roller.